Patricia de Leon (actress)

Patricia de Leon (actress)
Patricia Michelle de León (born in Panama City, Panama) is a Panamanian actress, TV host, model and beauty pageant title holder. She started working as a model at an early age. After being crowned Miss Panama (1995), she hosted La Corte de Familia and La Corte del Pueblo on Telemundo. She was also featured on Juez Franco on TV Azteca, and the Billboard Latino. From her work on Univision, de Leon obtained roles on American TV, including Lincoln Heights, Cold Case, and Crossing Jordan. Her movie role include The Pool Boys (where she plays the Latina Julia).
Early life and education
De Leon was a contestant in Miss Panama (now Señorita Panamá), she finished in third place and was crowned Miss Hispanidad 1995 at 19 years of age. Her debut on TV was doing the weather for a local station in Panama TVN-Channel 2, followed by featuring as an anchor and a reporter for a news program on the same network. She also created, produced and hosted a tourism show for RPC TV/MEDCOM.
She became an actress in Hollywood by accepting the role of "La Llorona del Río". She has been able to pursue both the Hispanic and American market. She has been featured on shows like Cold Case, Crossing Jordan, Lincoln Heights for ABC Family, La Corte del Pueblo for Telemundo, Perro Amor for the same network, and The Chicago Code for Fox Network, and in films like "How the Garcia Girls spent their summer", "All in", "Love Orchard" and "Pool Boys".
Activism
Patricia de Leon believes is the spokesperson for "One Love Foundation", which defends the rights and fights against the discrimination of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) Community.
De Leon is a vegetarian and supports animal rights, she has campaigned against bullfighting.
Filmography
La llorona del río (short) (2001) as Esperanza
A Design for a Life (short) (2001) as The Wife
La Corte de Familia (TV series) (2001) as Interviewer
The Master of Disguise (2002) as Waitress
La Corte del Pueblo (TV series) (2003) as Interviewer
All of Us (2004, episode: "Wedding Dance") as an Actress
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer (2005) as soap opera actress
Drowned Lives (2006) as Policewoman
All In (2006) as Maria
Cloud 9 (2006) as Corazon
Cold Case (2006, episode: "Baby Blues") as Marta Chavez
Ghost Whisperer (2006, episode: "Drowned Lives") as Policewoman
Perro amor (23 episodes) as Jennifer Lopez
Crossing Jordan (2007, episode: "Isolation") as Magda Garcia
Blue Lake Massacre (2007)
Lincoln Heights (2007–2009, 4 episodes) as Sofia/Sophia Muñoz
Juez Franco (TV series) (2008) as Interviewer
Mr. Sadman (2009) as Maria
Men of a Certain Age (2009–2011, 6 episodes) as Fantasy woman
The Pool Boys (2011) as Julia
The Chicago Code (2011, episode: "Black Hand and the Shotgun Man") as Beatrice Romero
Fighting for Freedom (2013) as Maria
Confessions of a Womanizer (2014) as Patricia
A Christmas Reunion (2015) as Janette Crowder
NCIS (2015, episode: "The Artful Dodger") as Gloria Hernandez
Notorious (2016, episode "Kept and Broken") as Silvia Baez
Rica, Famosa, Latina (2017, 4 episodes) as herself
Scorpion (2017) as Lucinda
A.X.L. (2018) as Joanna Reyes
Causa Justa (2019)
The Terminal List (2022) as Paola
Centurion: The Dancing Stallion (2023) as Isabella Hall
References
External links
1978 births
Living people
Señorita Panamá
People from Panama City
Panamanian female models
Panamanian actresses
Panamanian beauty pageant winners
Panamanian emigrants to the United States
Panamanian activists
Panamanian LGBT rights activists